MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

📚WILD ABOUT LEARNING📚 J.D. Parker Elementary School students are having a great time at Adventure Camp this summer! Thank you to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County for going #ALLINMartin👊 and bringing this memorable summer enrichment opportunity to our students. #PublicSchoolProud

⚾FALCONS SOAR⚾ While the Jensen Beach High School Baseball team enjoyed its most successful season in history this year, it was the Falcons' accomplishments off the field and in the classroom that helped them SOAR to new heights. They finished the season as the Florida High School Athletic Association's Class 4A runners up AND the overall academic team champion, maintaining a higher cumulative GPA than any other Florida baseball team in their class. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/U6nI-ML_DZ0 #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

📚CELEBRATING VORACIOUS READERS📚 Each year, School Board Chair Christia Li Roberts (District 1) treats a group of voracious readers from Indiantown Middle School to lunch. Students chat about the books they've read over the school year while enjoying a delicious meal at the Village of Indiantown's historic Seminole Inn. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/NiTkcukDRNI #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🍎ENRICHMENT IN ACTION🍎 School may be out for summer, but learning is always IN! Stuart Middle School students are loving every minute of the robotics program. 🤖 #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🥇EXCELLENCE ON THE FIELD & IN THE CLASSROOM 🥇 It doesn’t get better than BEST in the STATE! Congratulations to Jensen Beach High School for being named the Florida High School Athletic Association's Class 5A Academic Team Champion for the 2021-2022 school year! The FHSAA Academic Team Champion recognition program honors teamwork not only in competition but also in the classroom. The program recognizes teams in each of the Association’s sanctioned and recognized sports, naming an Academic Team Champion in each classification based on GPA. To be eligible, teams must maintain a collective GPA of at least 3.0. #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🚨SPOTLIGHT ON SAFETY🚨 On Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 1421, which includes both safety and mental health requirements for public schools in Florida. One of those requirements involves school districts having a board-approved reunification plan in case of an emergency. The Martin County School District put an evacuation and reunification system in place for emergencies well before it became a requirement in the new school safety law. Learn more via WPTV: https://www.wptv.com/news/education/what-new-school-safety-law-means-for-south-florida-students #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🌊RETURN OF THE RIVER SCOUT 🌊 🐢🐟One-of-a-kind opportunities happen here in the Martin County School District! Watch Citrus Grove Elementary School students participate in the first voyage of our Environmental Studies Council Center's "River Scout" after its motor replacement. Students were thrilled to have the opportunity to explore our local ecosystem! https://bit.ly/3O41vJX #ALLINMartin👊

👏IT'S A TEAM EFFORT IN MARTIN COUNTY👏 Interested in beginning or continuing your career in a collaborative, supportive workplace environment? The Martin County School District's 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year, Ms. Jessica Urbay of Felix A. Williams Elementary, says that's what you can expect when you join Team MCSD. Everyone chips in to educate all students for success. #ALLINMartin 👊 Watch: https://bit.ly/39iaGYz

🍎 ON THE AGENDA 🍎 The School Board will hold a Workshop and Special Meeting beginning at 4:00 p.m. today. View the livestream by clicking here: https://youtu.be/dxDgHhVaE2A View the meeting agendas: https://www.martinschools.org/article/759741 #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🎉CELEBRATING YOUTH LEADERSHIP🎉 Congratulations to Ridge Bradford, a Jensen Beach High School student, for winning the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Palm Beach and Martin Counties Big Teen of the Year! Ridge has been a Big Teen for two Little Brothers, Michael and Leo, for the past two years. He has one special connection with both of them: baseball. Because of their love for the sport, the boys have a lot in common and easily bonded over baseball, school and life. Leaders, peers and Littles say that overall, Ridge is a great volunteer and motivated student athlete. He offers excellent advice to his Little Brothers. They say his positive attitude and “can do” mentality keep his Little Brothers set on the right track. Ridge sees the opportunity that playing sports and excelling in school offer toward his future, and he encourages Michael and Leo to follow in his footsteps. Check out Ridge's full story: https://bit.ly/3Q6wkQ8 #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

📚SUMMER READING FUN📚 Good news! Florida’s first sales tax exemption period on children’s books is now underway and doesn't end until Sunday, August 14, 2022. That means if your child is joining MCSD's Summer Reading Challenge, their books could have a sales tax exemption! What is considered a children's book under this sales tax exemption period? Any fiction or nonfiction book primarily intended for children ages 12 or younger, including any board book, picture book, beginning reader book, juvenile chapter book, middle-grade book or audiobook on CD or tape. Let's get to reading! For more information: https://bit.ly/3mf1szb

In 2018, voters approved a half-mill property tax referendum to fund critical operational needs throughout the District. The School Board would like to know which types of initiatives you think should be implemented or continued if the millage renewal is approved by voters in August 2022. It's important to note that if the renewal is approved, the referendum will simply continue. There would be no increase in property taxes for home or business owners. Share your thoughts with the School Board by clicking here: https://bit.ly/MCSDMillageRenewalSurvey #ALLINMartin👊

ICYMI: FRC 180 S.P.A.M.'s Team Driver, Andrew Marini, made it on WPBF 25 News live for an incredible accomplishment! Andrew, a recently graduated senior from Martin County High School, was awarded a $20,000 scholarship from Florida Power & Light! This scholarship was only awarded to one student in Florida. Andrew said the scholarship will help him pay for tuition at Georgia Tech. Help us in congratulating Andrew! Watch the WPBF segment here: https://bit.ly/3z9DoWa #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🍎ON THE AGENDA🍎 The Martin County School Board will hold a Budget Workshop at 3:00 p.m. today. View the meeting agenda - https://bit.ly/3PLs4oU Watch the livestream - https://youtu.be/Cm60dKLkStY #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🗽 HONORING OUR NATION'S HEROES🗽 The Martin County School District is proud to honor the brave men and women throughout history who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our liberty and freedoms. May we never forget that freedom isn't free. #MemorialDay #ALLINMartin👊

☀ SUMMER NEWS YOU CAN USE☀ Did you receive the latest edition of Martin Moments in your inbox on Friday? Click to catch up on the latest Martin County School District news and information: https://conta.cc/3MSA59G #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🍽 SUMMER BREAK SPOT 🍽 Our Food & Nutrition Services Department will continue to offer free meals to children aged 18 and under during the summer months with no income restrictions. Breakfasts and lunches will be served beginning on Tuesday, May 31. Please click here to learn more: https://www.martinschools.org/article/755243 #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

☀️DIFFERENCE MAKERS AND WORLD CHANGERS☀️ 3rd-grade gifted students at Felix A. Williams Elementary turned their yearly study on U.S. Regions into a "make-sale," and raised more than $500 for local non-profits! Students worked in teams and combined research, lessons in geography and economics, and their unique creative gifts and talents to make regional themed items like magnets, keychains, artwork, sculptures, necklaces, and more. Each team then researched and picked a local nonprofit for their store to benefit. 100% of profits from the make sale went to Hibiscus Children's Center, The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast, Students4H2O, Caring Fields Felines and the Environmental Studies Center. A representative from each organization came out to collect donations and share information with families during the make-sale. These students show us all that we are all able to be #differencemakers and #worldchangers in our own ways and that we are able to achieve so much when we work together. #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🌞 HAPPY SUMMER, FAMILIES! 🌞 Fourth-quarter report cards for elementary students will be posted today, May 27. Report cards for middle and high school students will be posted on Tuesday, June 14. View your child's grades and attendance records in the FOCUS Parent Portal: https://martin.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/. If you do not currently have access to the FOCUS Parent Portal, please click here to view instructions for claiming your account: https://martin.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/auth/. We wish all of our students and families a safe and relaxing summer break. The 2022-2023 school year will begin on August 10, 2022. #ALLINMartin👊

📺TUNE IN TONIGHT📺 One of the Martin County School District's very own will be on WPTV tonight (5/26/22) for being the winner for Florida in the Doodle for Google Student Contest. K-12 students from across the United States had the opportunity to create their own version of the Google logo inspired by the prompt, "I care for myself by..." Sophie Araque-Liu, a junior at Martin County High School, got a surprise visit from Google to find out she was the state's winner, and it was all caught on camera. You can catch her reaction at 5 p.m. on WPTV! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud